The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-03-04

said TO MIR. J%ordsnthat she had begged he
husband not not to, do anythin,
rash. CLARK claims that O'Nei
has been making threats against both hin
and his wife ever since they we're marie,
some two years ago. A friend Of O'Neip
Ia reported 10 have said that CLARK was |,
the city q few days since looking 10
O'Neil and thia friend learning Of O'Neil'
contemplated visit to recover a photograph
Of himself he had given Mrs. Clark befor,
she a married, Ii. said to have warnet
him not to 60.
"~MALlcioUsLY AND WITHOUT JusrlFicA
TON"
O'Neil died about Q o'clock ycstsrda,
morning. A pest mortem examination
was made In the morning at the Count,
lnfrmary, the body having been takei
thoIe, and In the afternoon tile body wa.
brought 10 the house OF the bereayet
mother in East Wheeling.
In The afternoon Coroner Schultze helt
an inquest before a jury composed OF the
following citizens: James s. Bedilion, lore
man, William Butler, Frank Higss, Henr,
Helfenblen, William Askew, August Pes,
finger, John L. Raab, John L. Halstead
A. 6. Ryan, Joseph Rickus, John G. INC
Ourdy aud Andrew Kirk.
Prosecuting Attorney Jordan was pres.
ent and conducted the examination o
Witnesses. The verdict was as follows
That the deceased came to his death
from gun shot wounds inflicted by the
hands OF one Elmer CLARK, and that the
killing OF said O'Neil Was done maliciously
and without justification"
THE POST MoRrEM Er ANIMATION.
Drs. J. II. Storer and W. A. Cracraft
who made q post m0rlem examination, re.
ported as follows:
We examined the body OF Wi!lisn
O'Neil and found that four supshot Ind
entered the body. One ball entered the
head near the anterior inferior angle Of
the right p~asietal bone. The bullet was
found in a tlattened shape in the anterior
lobe OF the right hemisphere Of the brain
4. the depth Of more than an inch iron
ita Quite, surface. A piece Of bone OF con.
siderable size, entirely detached from the
ekuil,.. Was found resting on the surface
OF the brain. The middle meninge.s]
artery was rupturod. a second bali en-.
tered Immediately under the right ear,
passed upwards and inward through the
mastoid and petrous portions of tho TEN.
poral bone, aud was found lodged in the
middle Lobe Of tho right hemisphere Of
the brein. IA large quantity of clothed
blood was found in the right hemisphere
| OF the brain; Death was caused by com.
precision Of the brain produced by ex.
trsyasatel blood, and detached bone. and
the two gun shot wounds in the head we're
the primary Cause Of death. s.,
A third bsll entered the right arm near
the lower portion Of the upper third Of the
humerus and passing upwards came out
near the scapularend OF the ~clavcle, travers.
ing q dislgnce OF i've and one.half inches.
a fourth ball entered near the twelfth
dorsal vertebra and psssed upwards. but
it wGa not extricated.
The other witnesses we're then examined
as follows: lT
THE slsTER-lN.LAw's STORY,
Mrs. Millie Lohmann, a pert appearing
young woman, testified that she was G
sister-in.law OF Clark's aud that she had
known O'Neil by sight bnt not persor-
ally. When abe saw him "Wednesday al.
tornoon he was coming up the railroad
track; ho crossed the bridge and walked
on for q ahort distance, then turned and
came back and went to Mira. Goodalrs.
She was standing in the doorand he talked
to her for awhile, then he went to Elmer
Clark's door end knocked. My mother
went to the door and he asked her
wlsere the people were that lived there.
She told him that she did not
think it was any OF bis business where
they were and that the best thing he
could DO would be 10 get out of the ward.
He said he did not think he would have
to TO that rs he did not think that he was
in her yard. He used some very profaue
language, and said he guessed lie could 90
up on tho railroad track and stay there AS
long 90 he pleased. Frank Martin was
coming across on the bridge and l called
to him 10 come and take O'Neil away,
O'Neil said fethst was the man / VAS
to he could meet him half way
and he went and met Martin at the
They talked together for a while and
then went down as far as Olark's house,
Martin then went to his house and walked
sronnd It, and O'Neil went toward Elm
Grove. l went over to Martina house
Clark was there. From there I started to
get Constable Thornburgh to take O'Neil
away, as l did not want to ges any fuss.
but Mrs. Martin called to mo and 1
l cav Clark leave Martins
house and SO to his own. Then he called
to O'Neil aud said if he waited to aee him
to come back. 0'Neil was then down by
the old switch. CLARK started toward him
walking pretty fast. I heard two shota
fired.
When O'Neil was frat seen coming up
the track, Clafk's wife told him that |
was coming and be got up, button
ed his Shoes and said he would 20 over to
Martins house, as he did not want to
have any row or fuss. I did not know
there was going to DO any fuss. Never
saw CLARK have a revolver, and did not
see tho Il he used. Do not know that
CLARK went to Martins to get q revolver.
l DO not know whether Ms. CLARK was
. friend OF O'Neils or not. / have gacn
O'Neil's picture in mothers house. Mrs.
CLARK gave It to mother when she pot
married. O'Neil asked mo If Mira. CLARK
had his picture, and when ! told him aha
had given it to mother and hat ehe had
destroyed it, he said that was a DID lie.
do not know Of CLARK saying "IlI 90
and get 8 revolver and fix the -SS
-" l do not know what became
the revolver. She was pressed by, Air.
Jordan to tell where the revolver was. Int
persisted in saying that she did not know
He WANTED His PICTURE.
Frank Martin, when put On the stand
nervous and III at ease, and once
Y twice had some words with Mi, Jordan,
1e testified that Clark was no relation al
.is. He said it was about $3.50 O'Clock
Vhen he was or his way home from Kim.
nous', where he had been for pick
He met a Young man on ,the
rack who asked him ii be lived in tho
ow. He told him he did moi, and poiuted
ut where he did live. The young man i
Did him he had been down to the row /
something to oat and had been told to t